HISTORY: THE FIRST BLACKS IN CONGRESS WERE ALL REPUBLICANS (photos, bios)

Posted by FactReal on July 23, 2010

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES – FIRST BLACKS WERE ALL REPUBLICANS
Republicans – the racists? In 1868, Republicans elected the first black person to represent them in Congress. There were no black Democrats in Congress until 1935. For almost seven decades Republicans were the ONLY ONES electing blacks to Congress. Here are the historical facts:

AND DEMOCRATS?
UNTIL 1935 DID DEMOCRATS ELECT THE FIRST BLACK TO CONGRESS
67 years after Republicans is when Democrats elected the first African American to represent them in Congress.Arthur Wergs Mitchell
Democrat Representative – Illinois
Term: 1935–1943